With NFL contracts, the guarantee is really all that matters

by Brad Gagnon | Mar 14, 2014

Newsflash: NFL contracts aren't fully guaranteed. As a result, agents are able to hype player contracts based on inflated annual averages and base salaries that oftentimes will never actually find the bank accounts of those they represent.  The problem is...

With NFL contracts, the guarantee is really all that matters

by Brad Gagnon | Mar 14, 2014

Newsflash: NFL contracts aren't fully guaranteed. As a result, agents are able to hype player contracts based on inflated annual averages and base salaries that oftentimes will never actually find the bank accounts of those they represent.  The problem is...

ESPN Echo Chamber fully activates with Ron Jaworski’s Johnny Manziel comments

by Matt Yoder | Feb 27, 2014

Tuesday afternoon, Ron Jaworski went on Philly radio and gave his personal assessment of Johnny Manziel that would go on to completely dominate a full day of the 24/7 news cycle on Wednesday.  The former Heisman winner is a consensus Top 10 selection, but Jaws...

ESPN Echo Chamber fully activates with Ron Jaworski’s Johnny Manziel comments

by Matt Yoder | Feb 27, 2014

Tuesday afternoon, Ron Jaworski went on Philly radio and gave his personal assessment of Johnny Manziel that would go on to completely dominate a full day of the 24/7 news cycle on Wednesday.  The former Heisman winner is a consensus Top 10 selection, but Jaws...

Grading each team’s offseason

by Joe Lucia | Feb 25, 2014

For all intents and purposes, the 2013 MLB offseason is over. Sure, there are still three marquee free agents on the market, but Stephen Drew, Kendrys Morales, or Ervin Santana probably won’t change much in the way of grades. At the beginning of the month, I...

Three ideas to keep women’s hockey relevant until 2018

by Steve Lepore | Feb 22, 2014

The loss by the ladies of team USA was worse, to me as an American fan.  It wasn't necessarily that women's hockey means more to me than men's hockey. It doesn't, though I do enjoy the U.S. women's team whenever I see them play. It's that...

Three ideas to keep women’s hockey relevant until 2018

by Steve Lepore | Feb 22, 2014

The loss by the ladies of team USA was worse, to me as an American fan.  It wasn't necessarily that women's hockey means more to me than men's hockey. It doesn't, though I do enjoy the U.S. women's team whenever I see them play. It's that...

Three ideas to keep women’s hockey relevant until 2018

by Steve Lepore | Feb 22, 2014

The loss by the ladies of team USA was worse, to me as an American fan.  It wasn't necessarily that women's hockey means more to me than men's hockey. It doesn't, though I do enjoy the U.S. women's team whenever I see them play. It's that...

NFL has its cake and eats it too with billion dollar revenue push

by Ben Koo | Feb 6, 2014

Nearly four years ago, Roger Goodell outlined a rather audacious annual revenue goal of $25 billion by 2027 to NFL owners, his de-facto employers. At the time, the NFL was doing about $8.5 billion annually meaning that Goodell was hoping to raise revenue $1 billion a...

Fueling the toxicity of college football fandom is a science

by Ben Koo | Jan 8, 2014

The media and the power brokers of college football think they are onto something in nurturing a rising tide of friction, envy, and hate in the college football fan eco-system. Hate has long been an underrated tool for anyone looking to make people watch, care, and...

Fueling the toxicity of college football fandom is a science

by Ben Koo | Jan 8, 2014

The media and the power brokers of college football think they are onto something in nurturing a rising tide of friction, envy, and hate in the college football fan eco-system. Hate has long been an underrated tool for anyone looking to make people watch, care, and...